Amusement device



` H. E. Kq HINGENITZ.

AMUSEIVIENT DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED APILII. 1921.

. ,405,21 3. v Pafented Jan. 31, 1922.

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Patented J an. 31, 1922.

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H. E. K. HINGENITZ.

AIVIUSENIENT DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 8, I92I.

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ANIUSEMENT DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED APILa. I92I.

Patented Jan. 3l, 1922.

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implication 'mai april s,

' 'To all whom t may concern.'

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Be itflrnown that'LH-ANS ELK. HINGEN- irz,y a citizen of Germany, andre'sident'of Pocatello, inthe lcounty of iannock and State ofIdaho,4have Vinvented a new and Improved Amusement'Device, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and Yexactv descrip-l tion.

My invention Vrelates to an amusement del vice, and aims to providecertain newk and useful improvements'therein,` and 'more par'-ticlularly what is commonly' known as a pleasure railway.

Thel particular` classi of pleasure railway to which my` device relatesis that which is commonly known as a'f-loopetheslo'opfv',and it is well'understood in connectionwith devices of this charactenthatconsiderabledifii'culty has been experienced iniconstructing the saine.This dificulty is to'bepredicated tothe 'fact that it has been necessaryto pro'- vide an absolutely-eflicient form of safety device whichwouldpreclude any possibility of accident, resulting inthe'vehicleutilized jumping the' tracks'or lin' the centrifugal forcebeing'less than the force of gravity under certain conditions. i

,Still another dificulty which' has been found to exist isthatpersons'utilizing vthe same have objected'to assuming the' upside-down positionwhich'theylnecessarily must in executing the' loop., j v Havingtliesedi'iiculties in mind, I have constructed an' amusement device in thena-y ture of apleasure railway wh'iclishall provide safety means,absolutelypreclujding any danger resulting in the event of either thcvehicle jumping fromrthe rails, orV in the event that the centrifugalforce is less under certain conditions than the force of gravity.

vWith these and other objects in mind, reference is had to the annexedspecification, taken in connection with the attached sheets of drawings,which latter piesent one practical embodiment of the saine, and inwhich; Y Figure l is a side view of a pleasure railway embodying myimproved construction. Figure 2 is a fragmentary plan view thereof.

Figure 3 lized.

Figure 4 is a sectional plan View thereof taken along the line 4.-4: andin the direction of the arrows indicated in Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a partly fragmentary cross is a side view of the vehicleuti- `4.spe ciiiea'ipiriof Lettersratent. VPatented Jau-31,

1921. yserial No. 459,619.

'sectional vview of Va railway and slviowvingii carriage employingone'ztype of safety' de;y

vicemounted thereon; i Figure 6 is a view similar toFigure, but

)showing va slightly modified lform .ofsafety appliancein use. y iFigure lisa sectionalviewl of a 'detailjof the' vehicle constructiomand7' :Figure 8 Ais -af sectional 4"fron-t view :taken along the line8-8,land inthe directiohof thearrowsindicated in Figure 7. l. In theseviews the,V reference vnumerall indicates a track hereinafterl moreYfully de-` scribed, which is 'provided withga ramp an inclineconstituti-nga descent 12,(Qa`ndfa feo loopl3V of any desirabletype,`with ai station lll'associated with itfor the purpose ceiving-.anddischarging passengers."

Also an endless elementfl suitably," driven by a motor'ljco-operateswith theinclinei il to carry the vehicle up the 'same'.V y

Referring Y now more particularly to the 'track structure, it will beseen,lreferenceibe ing had Vto vFiguren that the same conveiij ientlyincludes a supporting surface'l upon which rails 18 of any. suitable'character positioned, a being. notariaatsupuesta rails 19 are providedon'ithe'"under sid'e'of@ this supporting vsurface for al purposeI here'inafter more fully specified?.Fuither; fa.

member 20 providingv a ridge'is centrally ydisposed between the rails18, andit will-be noted that the; chassisf2l of" the-Y vehicle mountsrollers ,'22 which engage "opposite faces of the memberY 2O thusvobviouslyljre.- venting a side-sway ofthe vehicle, it being notedthat'the main wheels 23 ofthe same normally co-operate with thefrails'18." i

It willy be obvious thatthe structure aforementioned will movablysupport a vehicle and will prevent an undue amount of sidesway on thepart of the same, and with a view of preventing any accident occurringin the .event of the wheels 23 jumping from and in spaced relationshipfrom the supporting surface 17, theflower ends of these arms carryingwheels 25.

These latter wheels are normally spaced from the wheels 19, but it willbe appreciiio f engaging-.the outer faces `of the base of the' vated,assuming that the force of gravity should cause the wheels 23 to moveout of contact with the rails 18 that the wheels 25 will obviouslyengage the rails 19 and that any accident will thus have beenprevented'.

A similar result is achieved bythe structure illustrated in Figure 6,which construction is similar to that illustrated in Figure 5 with theexception that the arms 24E of the vehicle are far smaller as has beendesignated by the reference numeral 26. Also these arms carry rollers orpulleys 27 which latter are capable of engaging the inner faces oftheupper arms of U shaped rails 28 secured to the u per face of thesupporting surface 17, it being noted that by this construction themember 20 may be eliminated, but that side sway is prevented by thepulleys. 22

U shaped rails 28.4 Y

It will be noted, in this last named construction that the rails 27 arenormally spaced from the rails28 but it will be appreciated, as in theconstruction illustrated in Figure 5 that upon the vehicle chassis 21showing a tendency to leave the rails 18 that the members 27 cooperatingwith the rails 28 will prevent this from occurring.

Finally with regard to the vehicle utilized, it will be noted thatv thesame includes a chassis 21, as hasbeen aforementioned, but it will alsobe seen, referringY to Figures 3, 4 and 5 that a pair of standards 29which terminate in an annular gear 30 having its teeth extendinginwardly towards a common center, are utilized. v A passengercompartment VV31 is provided, and this compartment provides a pairoftrunnions 32, it being noted that the compartment 31 isantifrictionally supported upon thestandards 29 by means of a pluralityof gears 33 interposed between the teeth of the gear 30 and the gear 34keyed to the trunnions 32.

From the foregoing it will be appreciated that I have constructed apleasure railway in which primarily a safety device will be incorporatedprecluding any possibility of the vehicle carrying the passengersleaving the track, and resulting in an accident.

j Also it will be appreciated that the compartment 31 may be occupied bypassengers, and that the same will be free to move with 'respect to thechassis 21, as far as a swaying action is concerned. Thus, thecompartment 31 by virtue of the fact that its centerof gravity is belowits point of pivotal support (trunnions 32) will at all times remain ina horizontal plane. Thus passengers occupying thiscompartment will notbe discomfortedby the vehicle-following the loop 13 by virtue of the.factthat the vehicle is free to follow this loop, and the compartment31`remains in a horizontal plane, the said vehicle revolving around lthecompartment.

Obviously numerous modifications of structure mightreadily be resortedto without in the leastV departing from the spiritof i `my invention,which I claim as;

1. pleasure railway including, in combination with a supporting surfaceand a vehicle therefor, rails secured to said supportingy surface, saidvvehicle normally resting upon said rails, a passenger compartment, Y

and means for connecting said compartment to said vehicle and permittingof a complete revolution of the latter with respect to the former.

2. A pleasure railway, including in com-l binationV with asupportingsurface, of aV vehicle therefor, standardsv carried by saidvehicle, a passenger-compartment, trunnions ends, andfurther gearsinterposed between Y each of said trunnion gears and said standardgears.r

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